Definition of leap in English:

leap

verbleapt, leaped liːplip

1no object, with adverbial Jump or spring a long way, to a great height, or with great force.
跳，跳跃
he leapt on to the parapet
他跳上了护墙。
figurative Fabia's heart leapt excitedly
〈喻〉费比亚的心激动地狂跳。
Example sentencesExamples
- He must leap over branches the height of his head, and stoop under branches as low as his knee, without slowing or leaving a shaking branch behind.
- He jumped at the sound, his heart leaping into his throat until he realized that the scratchy call was coming from the tiny communicator attached to his vest.
- Icelanders are brought up to leap across waterfalls, spring through rivers, run down mountains, run up mountains.
- The next thing I knew, a sopping-wet golden retriever was leaping and bounding beside me as I gasped and my heart pounded into my throat.
- When the 27-year-old was forced to leap for his life, he bounced 50 yards down the road with other cars swerving to avoid him.
- I nodded, my heart leaping like an excited fish out of the water.
- He scanned the crowd and his heart leapt excitedly when he spotted her.
- On the night Joe died, they found the ladders partly pulled down, despite them normally being pushed up at a height only accessible by leaping up a nearby wall.
- So by rights we should be in the midst of spring, with lambs leaping, the smell of dew hanging in the air and the sight of rowers happily plodding home from the Cherwell.
- Vicky's heart leaped nearly a mile, but she forced herself to remain cool.
- Still, my heart leapt as memories of my father and my childhood came flooding back.
- Dancers leap, spring, then are lofted through the air.
- His solution has been to drop to all fours and force rushers to leap or trip over him.
- Leg and arm raised, he is shown at the apex of his celebration, seconds before his caddie leapt excitedly into his arms.
- Rushing for the ground I was forced to leap from the first floor to the concrete, just as the two duelists crashed past me, bringing the rest of the escape with them.
- I have visions of the plant leaping upon passers-by and forcing them to eat its fruit.
- His heart leaped and he jumped out of his bed, ran across his room and slammed his door.
- A female guest was also seriously injured when she was forced to leap from a first floor widow to escape.
- As if he were a spring released, he leaped straight into the air.
- James sprang, uncoiling, leaping from his perch toward his best friend.
Synonyms
jump over, jump, vault over, vault, spring over, bound over, hurdle, skip, skip over, cross over, sail over, hop, hop over, leapfrog, high jump, clear, negotiate
1. 1.1with object Jump across.
  跳越，跳过
  Peter leapt the last few stairs
  彼得跳过最后几步台阶。
  Example sentencesExamples
  If you don't have that momentum built up, sometimes you cannot leap the gap.
  Now, they're called super shoplifters, and while they can't leap a building in a single bound, they probably could steal most of what was in it.
  As if sensing death they fought hard not to be caught, one beast even leaping the thorny fence.
  You think Superman is the only one who can leap tall buildings?
  Bart is determined to leap a gorge on his skateboard after witnessing the death-defying stunts of a real daredevil.
  He leapt the fence, his toe claws pushing off from the top rail.
  OK, you don't get to leap tall buildings in a single bound.
  We heard raucous laughter and audible thuds as people leapt the fence into the yard.
  He then leapt a fence and galloped over the hill deep into the field.
  He said one of his heifers was so frightened by the choppers it leapt a five-foot wire fence and ran down a main road.
  The woman was sometimes caught or confronted on properties or in her victim's homes but always made a getaway, once through a hole in a hedge and on another occasion by leaping a fence.
  Synonyms
  jump over, jump, vault over, vault, spring over, bound over, hurdle, skip, skip over, cross over, sail over, hop, hop over, leapfrog, high jump, clear, negotiate
2no object, with adverbial Move quickly and suddenly.
飞快移动
Polly leapt to her feet
波利飞快跳起。
Example sentencesExamples
- The door swung open before he could reach it, and he was forced to leap back to avoid having his nose broken for the second time.
- Without a warning he springs into action, leaping towards a group of trees.
- He quickly leapt into his bedroom and curled up on the bed.
- The surprised lord quickly leapt forward to catch his wife before she hurt her herself.
- Quickly I leapt to my feet and grabbed her before she even thought of doing something stupid.
- Suddenly he looked at me, leapt forward and grabbed me by the shoulder.
- I didn't know what the feeling was, but suddenly he leapt forward and wrapped his arms around me, hugging me silently.
- He fell to the ground hard but leapt up as quickly as he could.
- She is constantly on the move, leaping up or squirming in her seat when she has a point to make, or a writer to quote.
- The Concorde leaped forward with the other MIGs quickly following.
- It suddenly leapt forward at full gallop as if it had been stung, leaving white, surfing churns and spirals of water in its wake.
- With that, he had leapt quickly forward and landed a quick punch to Cyrus's side that Cyrus couldn't quite follow.
- He moved on, leaping from shell-hole to shell-hole, using the muddy craters for cover from the flying shrapnel.
- His enemies were coming on quickly now, leaping from tree to tree with a speed Matthew had previously thought them incapable of.
- The figure suddenly leaped forward with determination and disappeared behind the shrubs.
- When certain all is well, he leaps quickly to his feet, but stumbles slightly, exhausted from the pain and effort of retaining dignity.
- I leapt to my feet, gathered my belongings and moved quickly towards the closing doors.
- Jack whirled on Juliet, who quickly leapt inside her dorm room.
- Some motorists have even forced pedestrians to leap for safety.
- Quickly, he leapt from bed and pushed a large bureau against the bathroom door.
Synonyms
spring, jump, jump up, bound, dart
lunge
1. 2.1 Make a sudden rush to do something; act eagerly and suddenly.
  突然行动，急不可待地行动
  everybody leapt into action
  大家都迫不及待地行动起来。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Instantly, the legionnaires in the room leapt to his defence, blades glittering in the light.
  But friends and colleagues leapt to his defence, insisting they had issued a public thank you for his rescue.
  All his cabinet colleagues have leapt to his defence over the problems he has recently faced.
  A gang which tried to mug a Selby woman in broad daylight was thwarted when her dog leapt to her defence.
  Although some bird-lovers have leapt to their defence, there is an undeniably anti-social element among the pigeon fraternity.
  Others, though, have leapt to his defence, claiming the gainsayers just don't get it.
  Sponsors were eagerly poised to leap forwards to support chess.
  He threatened a punch but didn't throw it as Fenway security quickly leapt in.
  It's that sad old bunch of ex-something-or-others who have leapt to her defence in recent days.
  Synonyms
  rush, hurry, hasten, hurtle
  arrive at hastily, reach hurriedly, come to overhastily, form hastily, hurry, hasten, jump, rush, reach
2. 2.2leap at Accept (an opportunity) eagerly.
  急切接受（机会）
  they leapt at the opportunity to combine fun with fund-raising
  他们急切地接受那个将娱乐融入募捐的机会。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Frankly, if I were Sir Alex, I'd be leaping at the chance to sell a creaking derelict to my fiercest rivals for nearly £7m.
  When asked by one of its key suppliers to develop their website, staff leapt at the chance.
  No doubt he also leapt at the reportedly very large but undisclosed sum of money.
  When industrial palynology was in its infancy he leaped at a chance for retraining as a palynologist at Amoco's Tulsa Research Center.
  When the university approached Uncle Sam about the idea of an alumni center, he leaped at the opportunity.
  The country leapt at the chance to buy into a pack of lies.
  Instead, as they were in the midst of an ad slump and eager to get their hands on big tranches of money, they leapt at the arrangement.
  She leaped at the opportunity and became one of only two women investment bankers on a staff of 150.
  Synonyms
  accept eagerly, grasp, grasp with both hands, grab, take advantage of, seize (on), snatch, jump at, pounce on
3. 2.3 (of a price, amount, etc.) increase dramatically.
  （价格，数字）飞涨，急剧增长
  sales leapt by a third last year
  去年销售额急增三分之一。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The number of fatal road accidents in North Yorkshire leapt dramatically last year, according to new figures.
  But motorists may wonder why the price of petrol leaps up so quickly when the crude oil it comes from was sold when the price was much lower.
  His earnings have leapt dramatically from £3m to £33.5m in the year to September 30.
  The money will help first-time buyers who have watched the asking prices of houses leap 14 per cent in the past 12 months.
  Gross profit margins leaped in the three months to 9.8 per cent from 2.9 per cent.
  The stock had leapt 20 per cent in the previous week based on rumours of a find.
  Beer prices may have leapt somewhat since the Velvet Revolution of 1989, but you're still going to get plenty of hangovers per pound.
  It expects sales to leap 175 per cent for 2004 compared with the year before.
  Market prices leap up every day as the uncertainty of the airport opening and supplies coming in increases.
  If problems hit, spot shortages could develop and prices could leap again.
  The figures for war-related deaths, and child deaths in particular, leapt dramatically in the 1980s.
  Fares on some routes would leap to their price ceiling, or 25 per cent above the reference price.
  High-end home prices have leapt 56 per cent in the past nine months.
  Wholesale gas prices leapt fivefold over the past few weeks and wholesale electricity prices have increased 150 per cent as a result.
  There is no shortage of examples of share prices leaping suspiciously before a bid.
  As one small example I note that wholesale gas prices leapt recently, which may well mean higher bills for us all in the summer.
  Petrol stations in some cities are rationing diesel, with prices leaping on the black market, according to official reports.
  It said sales leapt 30 per cent in the second quarter.
  Flat prices consolidated in the second quarter of this year after leaping 25 per cent in the first quarter.
  However, he added, sales leaped dramatically in December and also this past spring.
  Synonyms
  increase rapidly, soar, rocket, skyrocket, shoot up, escalate, mount, surge, spiral, grow rapidly, rise rapidly
4. 2.4leap out (especially of writing) be conspicuous; stand out.
  （尤指文字）显眼，突现
  amid the notes, a couple of items leap out
  在笔记中有两三条特别显眼。
  Example sentencesExamples
  There wasn't one that leapt out at me like with the A and B sets, and the CD didn't help too much.
  Synonyms
  be noticeable, be noticed, be visible, be seen, be obvious, be conspicuous, stick out, be striking, be distinctive, be prominent, attract attention, catch the eye, leap out, show up

noun liːplip

1A forceful jump or quick movement.
跳，跳跃
she came downstairs in a series of flying leaps
她几大步飞跳下楼。
Example sentencesExamples
- He made a quick leap for the wall, falling short several feet before crawling forward on his hands and knees.
- With a quick leap, she landed on the stairs and ran up them hurriedly.
- In one quick, strong leap, her horse jumped, high, long & hard.
- With a quick wink and a leap, he flew over the river to my side.
- Once again, at the mention of said dizzy-eyed shooting guard, my heart made a dramatic leap, causing me to nearly fall out of my chair.
- But with war came a quick leap from the frying pan into the fire.
- When he changed the hanging method, they would take flying leaps from nearby trees and land on the feeder (most of the time).
- She took a flying leap from there outside and into the grass, which is where I grabbed her.
- The 23-year-old began her assault on the overnight leader with the best leap in the long jump, 6.61 metres.
- He took a running leap and jumped onto the cot, sending it crashing to the ground.
- In a quick leap, he had jumped from the veranda and had sped off into the field after me.
- It's all here - ridiculous sound effects, frankly unfeasible flying leaps, slow motion sequences.
- But secondly, this increasing resolution of the project is visible as a series of jumps or leaps.
- Increasing your vertical leap on the court extends way past the weight room.
- Making a mighty leap, he jumps up onto a light post, grasping it with one arm while he hurls the bronze rat into San Francisco Bay with the other, as far as he can heave it.
- He runs in the 4.4 range and has a 37-inch vertical leap.
- The leaps and jumps were high and spectacular to watch, yet the dancers made it appear effortless.
- His second medal came when he won bronze in the junior triple jump with a leap of 11.67m.
- I took a giant leap and managed to jump a little before Gary since he took two steps before leaving ground.
- He ran a brilliant 300 metres and was a well placed 4th in the long jump with a best leap of 3.36 metres.
Synonyms
jump, vault, spring, bound, hop, skip
Ballet entrechat
rare curvet
1. 1.1 A dramatic increase in price, amount, etc.
  （价格，数量）猛涨；剧增
  a leap of 75 per cent in two years
  两年内75%的剧烈涨幅。
  Example sentencesExamples
  That was a sharp leap from the 21 percent who didn't vote in 1995.
  These companies have been short-listed from 567 entries from around the North West, a leap of 81 per cent on last year.
  A leap in price, reflecting recent good news at the company, could occur if its offer is taken off the table.
  Subsequent annual and interim figures go a long way to explain the massive share price leap.
  Last year it was rated as the city with the biggest leap in house prices in the UK during the previous five years.
  This article on energy policy shows that fuel shortages and price leaps are almost entirely created by government meddling.
  It said a huge leap in coal prices and higher freight charges offset an increase in local power sales.
  No fewer than 196 national teams are competing for the right to play in Japan and Korea; a dramatic leap from the original 13.
  Tighter cost control and increased fees resulted in a 14.5 percent leap in profits to $1.46 billion.
  Sudden leaps in profits led to large tax liabilities, and Uncle Sam reared his ugly head.
  Manchester city centre had already bucked the national trend for a drop in sales in the run up to Christmas and has also shown a leap in the amount of cash hitting the tills.
  The leap in price was daunting, and we hemmed and hawed for a year before saying okay, let's buy.
  It credits wallboard pricing for the leap in revenue.
  But the most incredible leap in prices has to be that of prawns: the same restaurant offered prawns at 99c each!
  In 2000 it claimed a 53 percent leap in profits to $2.27 billion.
  Price rises were inevitable, given the leap in fuel costs, driver pay increases and higher insurance.
  2003 was a fantastic season for you, making huge leaps in the rankings; can you pinpoint what caused this dramatic leap?
  This is a leap of 47 per cent in the region on the previous year - double the national increase of 23.5 per cent.
  When the whole chain works in sync, there can be a dramatic leap in the speed and efficiency of product development…
  This price leap was the result of huge public subsides, amounting to over £16 billion, and the fact that the network was flogged off at around a quarter of its real value.
  Synonyms
  sudden rise, rapid increase, escalation, soaring, surge, upsurge, upswing, upturn
  increment, elevation
  revival
2. 1.2 A sudden abrupt change or transition.
  突然改变，突然转换
  it doesn't take a great leap of imagination to recognize that you have held an important leadership role
  Example sentencesExamples
  Grand schemes, wild ideas, crazy notions, and intuitive leaps of imagination are, of course, encouraged and fertilized.
  In other places, regional networks facilitate the leap into the future.
  Science has made monumental leaps forward in technology.
  It now requires a leap of the imagination to see any recovery across the Euro-zone as a whole this year.
  That's the leap of imagination that's necessary for faith - or even for a fully informed discussion of faith, even if one does not have faith oneself.
  Graduating to a locker may have represented an evolutionary leap, but I've never gotten over missing the cloakroom.
  It's a big leap for South African soccer, especially with teams that are struggling for sponsorship.
  Small papers across the country are teeming with ambitious young reporters hoping one day to make the leap to major dailies.
  Who else in the online fanfic-writing community has taken such a bold leap of imagination while remaining completely true to the spirit of the film series?
  More mainstream retailers found the checkout system difficult to replicate and, Miles said, worried that most shoppers were not ready for such a leap.
  It necessitates a little leap of the imagination to find the sensitive soul buried within this solid, expensively suited figure.
  We passed whole aeons of evolutionary progress in great leaps, seemingly overnight.
  There is some hyperbole in this, but the leap of imagination was certainly enormous.
  Then the administration cancelled an agreement requiring automobile companies to make the leap to more fuel-efficient vehicles.
  I have a mind regularly praised by colleagues for its bold leaps of the imagination.
  By the end of last summer, I was doing so well I decided to make the leap and sell designer clothes full time.
  It wasn't such a leap from Super Ball to Super Bowl.
  It doesn't require a great leap of imagination to detect what Barbra Streisand, Janis Joplin, Carly Simon and his second wife, Rita Coolidge, saw in him.
  They want to see things happen and change, but not in terms of great leaps forward.
  The advent of mobile phones was heralded as a big leap in communication technology.
  Synonyms
  change, move, passage, transformation, conversion, adaptation, adjustment, alteration, changeover, metamorphosis
3. 1.3in place names A thing to be leaped over or from.
  用于地名越过（或起跳）处
  Lover's Leap
  情人跳（失恋者自杀的空处）。
  Example sentencesExamples
  If you've been to Lover's Leap, you'll understand what I'm talking about.
2rare A group of leopards.
we stopped to photograph a leap of leopards
Example sentencesExamples
- The location is a favourite afternoon hangout of a leap of leopards.
- The department received numerous complaints over several weeks of a leap of leopards prowling the area.
- A leap of leopards strayed into a mango orchard, creating panic among the caretakers present at the farm.
- Bandhavgarh National Park boasts one of the highest densities of Bengal tiger in the world, along with a breeding leap of leopards.
- We saw herds of elephants, impala, water buffalo, antelope, and a leap of leopards.

Phrases

a leap in the dark

A daring step or enterprise whose consequences are unpredictable.
冒险行动，后果难以逆料之举
I had taken quite a step—a leap in the dark, in fact
Example sentencesExamples
- All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without the benefit of experience.
- The proposed re-denomination looks like a leap in the dark, and an exercise in futility that the nation can ill afford now.
- But the plan does seem like a leap in the dark - radical measures taken because they might work, not because there is solid reason to believe that they will work.
- But it's not merely a leap in the dark.

by (or in) leaps and bounds

With startlingly rapid progress.
突飞猛进地
productivity improved in leaps and bounds
生产率突飞猛进地提高。
Example sentencesExamples
- Yellowstone Regional Airport continues to grow in leaps and bounds.
- ‘They focus on the limited - service, midscale segment, which is a great value proposition and is growing by leaps and bounds,’ he says.
- Air travel is growing in leaps and bounds, and airlines and nations are investing in new aircraft to accommodate that growth.
- The trade in human kidneys has grown by leaps and bounds among the poor.
- The use of electronic earmuffs has grown by leaps and bounds over the last few years.
- His career has already progressed in leaps and bounds and, after just four seasons of first-class cricket, he has gathered 138 wickets in 32 matches at an inexpensive 19.48 runs apiece.
Synonyms
rapidly, swiftly, quickly, speedily, at an amazing rate, exponentially

leap to the eye

(especially of writing) be immediately apparent.
（尤指文字）显眼
the word immediately leapt to the eye
Example sentencesExamples
- They did not leap to the eye and arrest the pedestrian's progress.
- The first thing that leaps to the eye from the Convention is the historical moment in which it was signed.
- The first thing that leaps to the eye is word selection which, in places, is very far from the academic standards.
- When the hunt is up and the quarry is in sight, the most unsuspected evidence leaps to the eye.
- This context of no context makes anything leap to the eye, as if its identity shines out of it.
- Even if one were to desist from reading too deeply between the frames, one conclusion leaps to the eye.
- The line of Joseph's paper, which is written in French, leaps to the eye of any French illiterate instantly.
- This construction is a bold undertaking; its necessity leaps to the eye as soon as you look at a European road map.
- As I worked through the spreadsheet, I realized that many problems that were nearly invisible in verbal formulations leapt to the eye when I had to work the numbers.
- This makes the details leap to the eye and I'm looking forward to getting the base colors on.

Derivatives

leaper

noun

They are good leapers and tree climbers.
Example sentencesExamples
- A sap-sucking bug that coats plants with wads of foamy spit has been crowned the insect world's greatest leaper.

Origin

Old English hlēapan (verb), hlȳp (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lopen, German laufen (verb), and Dutch loop, German Lauf (noun), all meaning 'run', also to lope.

Rhymes

asleep, beep, bleep, cheap, cheep, creep, deep, heap, Jeep, keep, neap, neep, peep, reap, seep, sheep, skin-deep, sleep, steep, Streep, sweep, veep, weep

Definition of leap in US English:

leap

verblēplip

[no object]

1Jump or spring a long way, to a great height, or with great force.
跳，跳跃
I leaped across the threshold
figurative Fabia's heart leapt excitedly
〈喻〉费比亚的心激动地狂跳。
Example sentencesExamples
- Vicky's heart leaped nearly a mile, but she forced herself to remain cool.
- I nodded, my heart leaping like an excited fish out of the water.
- He scanned the crowd and his heart leapt excitedly when he spotted her.
- As if he were a spring released, he leaped straight into the air.
- When the 27-year-old was forced to leap for his life, he bounced 50 yards down the road with other cars swerving to avoid him.
- I have visions of the plant leaping upon passers-by and forcing them to eat its fruit.
- He must leap over branches the height of his head, and stoop under branches as low as his knee, without slowing or leaving a shaking branch behind.
- Dancers leap, spring, then are lofted through the air.
- His solution has been to drop to all fours and force rushers to leap or trip over him.
- Icelanders are brought up to leap across waterfalls, spring through rivers, run down mountains, run up mountains.
- The next thing I knew, a sopping-wet golden retriever was leaping and bounding beside me as I gasped and my heart pounded into my throat.
- He jumped at the sound, his heart leaping into his throat until he realized that the scratchy call was coming from the tiny communicator attached to his vest.
- His heart leaped and he jumped out of his bed, ran across his room and slammed his door.
- Leg and arm raised, he is shown at the apex of his celebration, seconds before his caddie leapt excitedly into his arms.
- Rushing for the ground I was forced to leap from the first floor to the concrete, just as the two duelists crashed past me, bringing the rest of the escape with them.
- On the night Joe died, they found the ladders partly pulled down, despite them normally being pushed up at a height only accessible by leaping up a nearby wall.
- So by rights we should be in the midst of spring, with lambs leaping, the smell of dew hanging in the air and the sight of rowers happily plodding home from the Cherwell.
- James sprang, uncoiling, leaping from his perch toward his best friend.
- Still, my heart leapt as memories of my father and my childhood came flooding back.
- A female guest was also seriously injured when she was forced to leap from a first floor widow to escape.
Synonyms
jump over, jump, vault over, vault, spring over, bound over, hurdle, skip, skip over, cross over, sail over, hop, hop over, leapfrog, high jump, clear, negotiate
1. 1.1 Move quickly and suddenly.
  飞快移动
  Polly leapt to her feet
  波利飞快跳起。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He quickly leapt into his bedroom and curled up on the bed.
  Without a warning he springs into action, leaping towards a group of trees.
  The surprised lord quickly leapt forward to catch his wife before she hurt her herself.
  Quickly, he leapt from bed and pushed a large bureau against the bathroom door.
  His enemies were coming on quickly now, leaping from tree to tree with a speed Matthew had previously thought them incapable of.
  Suddenly he looked at me, leapt forward and grabbed me by the shoulder.
  She is constantly on the move, leaping up or squirming in her seat when she has a point to make, or a writer to quote.
  He fell to the ground hard but leapt up as quickly as he could.
  He moved on, leaping from shell-hole to shell-hole, using the muddy craters for cover from the flying shrapnel.
  The door swung open before he could reach it, and he was forced to leap back to avoid having his nose broken for the second time.
  Jack whirled on Juliet, who quickly leapt inside her dorm room.
  It suddenly leapt forward at full gallop as if it had been stung, leaving white, surfing churns and spirals of water in its wake.
  The figure suddenly leaped forward with determination and disappeared behind the shrubs.
  With that, he had leapt quickly forward and landed a quick punch to Cyrus's side that Cyrus couldn't quite follow.
  When certain all is well, he leaps quickly to his feet, but stumbles slightly, exhausted from the pain and effort of retaining dignity.
  The Concorde leaped forward with the other MIGs quickly following.
  I leapt to my feet, gathered my belongings and moved quickly towards the closing doors.
  Some motorists have even forced pedestrians to leap for safety.
  Quickly I leapt to my feet and grabbed her before she even thought of doing something stupid.
  I didn't know what the feeling was, but suddenly he leapt forward and wrapped his arms around me, hugging me silently.
  Synonyms
  spring, jump, jump up, bound, dart
2. 1.2with object Jump across or over.
  跳越，跳过
  a coyote leaped the fence
  Example sentencesExamples
  The woman was sometimes caught or confronted on properties or in her victim's homes but always made a getaway, once through a hole in a hedge and on another occasion by leaping a fence.
  Now, they're called super shoplifters, and while they can't leap a building in a single bound, they probably could steal most of what was in it.
  OK, you don't get to leap tall buildings in a single bound.
  We heard raucous laughter and audible thuds as people leapt the fence into the yard.
  You think Superman is the only one who can leap tall buildings?
  Bart is determined to leap a gorge on his skateboard after witnessing the death-defying stunts of a real daredevil.
  He leapt the fence, his toe claws pushing off from the top rail.
  He said one of his heifers was so frightened by the choppers it leapt a five-foot wire fence and ran down a main road.
  He then leapt a fence and galloped over the hill deep into the field.
  As if sensing death they fought hard not to be caught, one beast even leaping the thorny fence.
  If you don't have that momentum built up, sometimes you cannot leap the gap.
  Synonyms
  jump over, jump, vault over, vault, spring over, bound over, hurdle, skip, skip over, cross over, sail over, hop, hop over, leapfrog, high jump, clear, negotiate
3. 1.3 Make a sudden rush to do something; act eagerly and suddenly.
  突然行动，急不可待地行动
  it was time for me to leap into action
  Example sentencesExamples
  A gang which tried to mug a Selby woman in broad daylight was thwarted when her dog leapt to her defence.
  But friends and colleagues leapt to his defence, insisting they had issued a public thank you for his rescue.
  He threatened a punch but didn't throw it as Fenway security quickly leapt in.
  Although some bird-lovers have leapt to their defence, there is an undeniably anti-social element among the pigeon fraternity.
  All his cabinet colleagues have leapt to his defence over the problems he has recently faced.
  It's that sad old bunch of ex-something-or-others who have leapt to her defence in recent days.
  Instantly, the legionnaires in the room leapt to his defence, blades glittering in the light.
  Sponsors were eagerly poised to leap forwards to support chess.
  Others, though, have leapt to his defence, claiming the gainsayers just don't get it.
  Synonyms
  rush, hurry, hasten, hurtle
  arrive at hastily, reach hurriedly, come to overhastily, form hastily, hurry, hasten, jump, rush, reach
4. 1.4leap at Accept (an opportunity) eagerly.
  急切接受（机会）
  they leapt at the opportunity to combine fun with fund-raising
  他们急切地接受那个将娱乐融入募捐的机会。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Frankly, if I were Sir Alex, I'd be leaping at the chance to sell a creaking derelict to my fiercest rivals for nearly £7m.
  The country leapt at the chance to buy into a pack of lies.
  When industrial palynology was in its infancy he leaped at a chance for retraining as a palynologist at Amoco's Tulsa Research Center.
  She leaped at the opportunity and became one of only two women investment bankers on a staff of 150.
  Instead, as they were in the midst of an ad slump and eager to get their hands on big tranches of money, they leapt at the arrangement.
  When asked by one of its key suppliers to develop their website, staff leapt at the chance.
  No doubt he also leapt at the reportedly very large but undisclosed sum of money.
  When the university approached Uncle Sam about the idea of an alumni center, he leaped at the opportunity.
  Synonyms
  accept eagerly, grasp, grasp with both hands, grab, take advantage of, seize, seize on, snatch, jump at, pounce on
5. 1.5 (of a price or figure) increase dramatically.
  （价格，数字）飞涨，急剧增长
  sales leaped 40 percent during the Christmas season
  Example sentencesExamples
  But motorists may wonder why the price of petrol leaps up so quickly when the crude oil it comes from was sold when the price was much lower.
  It said sales leapt 30 per cent in the second quarter.
  As one small example I note that wholesale gas prices leapt recently, which may well mean higher bills for us all in the summer.
  Market prices leap up every day as the uncertainty of the airport opening and supplies coming in increases.
  The money will help first-time buyers who have watched the asking prices of houses leap 14 per cent in the past 12 months.
  It expects sales to leap 175 per cent for 2004 compared with the year before.
  His earnings have leapt dramatically from £3m to £33.5m in the year to September 30.
  Beer prices may have leapt somewhat since the Velvet Revolution of 1989, but you're still going to get plenty of hangovers per pound.
  There is no shortage of examples of share prices leaping suspiciously before a bid.
  Gross profit margins leaped in the three months to 9.8 per cent from 2.9 per cent.
  The stock had leapt 20 per cent in the previous week based on rumours of a find.
  Fares on some routes would leap to their price ceiling, or 25 per cent above the reference price.
  If problems hit, spot shortages could develop and prices could leap again.
  Wholesale gas prices leapt fivefold over the past few weeks and wholesale electricity prices have increased 150 per cent as a result.
  However, he added, sales leaped dramatically in December and also this past spring.
  High-end home prices have leapt 56 per cent in the past nine months.
  Petrol stations in some cities are rationing diesel, with prices leaping on the black market, according to official reports.
  The figures for war-related deaths, and child deaths in particular, leapt dramatically in the 1980s.
  Flat prices consolidated in the second quarter of this year after leaping 25 per cent in the first quarter.
  The number of fatal road accidents in North Yorkshire leapt dramatically last year, according to new figures.
  Synonyms
  increase rapidly, soar, rocket, skyrocket, shoot up, escalate, mount, surge, spiral, grow rapidly, rise rapidly
6. 1.6leap out (especially of writing) be conspicuous; stand out.
  （尤指文字）显眼，突现
  amid the notes, a couple of items leap out
  在笔记中有两三条特别显眼。
  Example sentencesExamples
  There wasn't one that leapt out at me like with the A and B sets, and the CD didn't help too much.
  Synonyms
  be noticeable, be noticed, be visible, be seen, be obvious, be conspicuous, stick out, be striking, be distinctive, be prominent, attract attention, catch the eye, leap out, show up

nounlēplip

1A forceful jump or quick movement.
跳，跳跃
she came downstairs in a series of flying leaps
她几大步飞跳下楼。
Example sentencesExamples
- The 23-year-old began her assault on the overnight leader with the best leap in the long jump, 6.61 metres.
- I took a giant leap and managed to jump a little before Gary since he took two steps before leaving ground.
- The leaps and jumps were high and spectacular to watch, yet the dancers made it appear effortless.
- He made a quick leap for the wall, falling short several feet before crawling forward on his hands and knees.
- His second medal came when he won bronze in the junior triple jump with a leap of 11.67m.
- He runs in the 4.4 range and has a 37-inch vertical leap.
- Making a mighty leap, he jumps up onto a light post, grasping it with one arm while he hurls the bronze rat into San Francisco Bay with the other, as far as he can heave it.
- He ran a brilliant 300 metres and was a well placed 4th in the long jump with a best leap of 3.36 metres.
- With a quick leap, she landed on the stairs and ran up them hurriedly.
- It's all here - ridiculous sound effects, frankly unfeasible flying leaps, slow motion sequences.
- In one quick, strong leap, her horse jumped, high, long & hard.
- Increasing your vertical leap on the court extends way past the weight room.
- Once again, at the mention of said dizzy-eyed shooting guard, my heart made a dramatic leap, causing me to nearly fall out of my chair.
- But with war came a quick leap from the frying pan into the fire.
- When he changed the hanging method, they would take flying leaps from nearby trees and land on the feeder (most of the time).
- She took a flying leap from there outside and into the grass, which is where I grabbed her.
- In a quick leap, he had jumped from the veranda and had sped off into the field after me.
- He took a running leap and jumped onto the cot, sending it crashing to the ground.
- But secondly, this increasing resolution of the project is visible as a series of jumps or leaps.
- With a quick wink and a leap, he flew over the river to my side.
Synonyms
jump, vault, spring, bound, hop, skip
1. 1.1 A dramatic increase in price, amount, etc.
  （价格，数量）猛涨；剧增
  a leap of 75 percent in two years
  两年内75%的剧烈涨幅。
  Example sentencesExamples
  In 2000 it claimed a 53 percent leap in profits to $2.27 billion.
  No fewer than 196 national teams are competing for the right to play in Japan and Korea; a dramatic leap from the original 13.
  It said a huge leap in coal prices and higher freight charges offset an increase in local power sales.
  This is a leap of 47 per cent in the region on the previous year - double the national increase of 23.5 per cent.
  Subsequent annual and interim figures go a long way to explain the massive share price leap.
  These companies have been short-listed from 567 entries from around the North West, a leap of 81 per cent on last year.
  Sudden leaps in profits led to large tax liabilities, and Uncle Sam reared his ugly head.
  That was a sharp leap from the 21 percent who didn't vote in 1995.
  Last year it was rated as the city with the biggest leap in house prices in the UK during the previous five years.
  The leap in price was daunting, and we hemmed and hawed for a year before saying okay, let's buy.
  This price leap was the result of huge public subsides, amounting to over £16 billion, and the fact that the network was flogged off at around a quarter of its real value.
  2003 was a fantastic season for you, making huge leaps in the rankings; can you pinpoint what caused this dramatic leap?
  Tighter cost control and increased fees resulted in a 14.5 percent leap in profits to $1.46 billion.
  Manchester city centre had already bucked the national trend for a drop in sales in the run up to Christmas and has also shown a leap in the amount of cash hitting the tills.
  When the whole chain works in sync, there can be a dramatic leap in the speed and efficiency of product development…
  Price rises were inevitable, given the leap in fuel costs, driver pay increases and higher insurance.
  But the most incredible leap in prices has to be that of prawns: the same restaurant offered prawns at 99c each!
  A leap in price, reflecting recent good news at the company, could occur if its offer is taken off the table.
  This article on energy policy shows that fuel shortages and price leaps are almost entirely created by government meddling.
  It credits wallboard pricing for the leap in revenue.
  Synonyms
  sudden rise, rapid increase, escalation, soaring, surge, upsurge, upswing, upturn
2. 1.2 A sudden, abrupt change or transition.
  突然改变，突然转换
  it doesn't take a great leap of imagination to recognize that you have held an important leadership role
  Example sentencesExamples
  The advent of mobile phones was heralded as a big leap in communication technology.
  Science has made monumental leaps forward in technology.
  Graduating to a locker may have represented an evolutionary leap, but I've never gotten over missing the cloakroom.
  Then the administration cancelled an agreement requiring automobile companies to make the leap to more fuel-efficient vehicles.
  That's the leap of imagination that's necessary for faith - or even for a fully informed discussion of faith, even if one does not have faith oneself.
  It now requires a leap of the imagination to see any recovery across the Euro-zone as a whole this year.
  More mainstream retailers found the checkout system difficult to replicate and, Miles said, worried that most shoppers were not ready for such a leap.
  It's a big leap for South African soccer, especially with teams that are struggling for sponsorship.
  Who else in the online fanfic-writing community has taken such a bold leap of imagination while remaining completely true to the spirit of the film series?
  Grand schemes, wild ideas, crazy notions, and intuitive leaps of imagination are, of course, encouraged and fertilized.
  In other places, regional networks facilitate the leap into the future.
  We passed whole aeons of evolutionary progress in great leaps, seemingly overnight.
  By the end of last summer, I was doing so well I decided to make the leap and sell designer clothes full time.
  They want to see things happen and change, but not in terms of great leaps forward.
  I have a mind regularly praised by colleagues for its bold leaps of the imagination.
  Small papers across the country are teeming with ambitious young reporters hoping one day to make the leap to major dailies.
  It doesn't require a great leap of imagination to detect what Barbra Streisand, Janis Joplin, Carly Simon and his second wife, Rita Coolidge, saw in him.
  There is some hyperbole in this, but the leap of imagination was certainly enormous.
  It necessitates a little leap of the imagination to find the sensitive soul buried within this solid, expensively suited figure.
  It wasn't such a leap from Super Ball to Super Bowl.
  Synonyms
  change, move, passage, transformation, conversion, adaptation, adjustment, alteration, changeover, metamorphosis
3. 1.3 (in place names) a thing to be leaped over or from.
  用于地名越过（或起跳）处
  Lover's Leap
  情人跳（失恋者自杀的空处）。
  Example sentencesExamples
  If you've been to Lover's Leap, you'll understand what I'm talking about.

Phrases

a leap in the dark

A daring step or enterprise whose consequences are unpredictable.
冒险行动，后果难以逆料之举
Example sentencesExamples
- All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without the benefit of experience.
- The proposed re-denomination looks like a leap in the dark, and an exercise in futility that the nation can ill afford now.
- But the plan does seem like a leap in the dark - radical measures taken because they might work, not because there is solid reason to believe that they will work.
- But it's not merely a leap in the dark.

by (or in) leaps and bounds

With startlingly rapid progress.
突飞猛进地
productivity improved in leaps and bounds
生产率突飞猛进地提高。
Example sentencesExamples
- The trade in human kidneys has grown by leaps and bounds among the poor.
- His career has already progressed in leaps and bounds and, after just four seasons of first-class cricket, he has gathered 138 wickets in 32 matches at an inexpensive 19.48 runs apiece.
- ‘They focus on the limited - service, midscale segment, which is a great value proposition and is growing by leaps and bounds,’ he says.
- Yellowstone Regional Airport continues to grow in leaps and bounds.
- The use of electronic earmuffs has grown by leaps and bounds over the last few years.
- Air travel is growing in leaps and bounds, and airlines and nations are investing in new aircraft to accommodate that growth.
Synonyms
rapidly, swiftly, quickly, speedily, at an amazing rate, exponentially

leap to the eye

Be immediately apparent.
one dire question leaped to our minds
Example sentencesExamples
- As I worked through the spreadsheet, I realized that many problems that were nearly invisible in verbal formulations leapt to the eye when I had to work the numbers.
- When the hunt is up and the quarry is in sight, the most unsuspected evidence leaps to the eye.
- This makes the details leap to the eye and I'm looking forward to getting the base colors on.
- The first thing that leaps to the eye from the Convention is the historical moment in which it was signed.
- This construction is a bold undertaking; its necessity leaps to the eye as soon as you look at a European road map.
- The line of Joseph's paper, which is written in French, leaps to the eye of any French illiterate instantly.
- This context of no context makes anything leap to the eye, as if its identity shines out of it.
- Even if one were to desist from reading too deeply between the frames, one conclusion leaps to the eye.
- They did not leap to the eye and arrest the pedestrian's progress.
- The first thing that leaps to the eye is word selection which, in places, is very far from the academic standards.

Origin

Old English hlēapan (verb), hlȳp (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lopen, German laufen (verb), and Dutch loop, German Lauf (noun), all meaning ‘run’, also to lope.

单词	leap
释义	Definition of leap in English: leap verbleapt, leaped liːplip 1no object, with adverbial Jump or spring a long way, to a great height, or with great force. 跳，跳跃 he leapt on to the parapet 他跳上了护墙。 figurative Fabia's heart leapt excitedly 〈喻〉费比亚的心激动地狂跳。 Example sentencesExamples He must leap over branches the height of his head, and stoop under branches as low as his knee, without slowing or leaving a shaking branch behind. He jumped at the sound, his heart leaping into his throat until he realized that the scratchy call was coming from the tiny communicator attached to his vest. Icelanders are brought up to leap across waterfalls, spring through rivers, run down mountains, run up mountains. The next thing I knew, a sopping-wet golden retriever was leaping and bounding beside me as I gasped and my heart pounded into my throat. When the 27-year-old was forced to leap for his life, he bounced 50 yards down the road with other cars swerving to avoid him. I nodded, my heart leaping like an excited fish out of the water. He scanned the crowd and his heart leapt excitedly when he spotted her. On the night Joe died, they found the ladders partly pulled down, despite them normally being pushed up at a height only accessible by leaping up a nearby wall. So by rights we should be in the midst of spring, with lambs leaping, the smell of dew hanging in the air and the sight of rowers happily plodding home from the Cherwell. Vicky's heart leaped nearly a mile, but she forced herself to remain cool. Still, my heart leapt as memories of my father and my childhood came flooding back. Dancers leap, spring, then are lofted through the air. His solution has been to drop to all fours and force rushers to leap or trip over him. Leg and arm raised, he is shown at the apex of his celebration, seconds before his caddie leapt excitedly into his arms. Rushing for the ground I was forced to leap from the first floor to the concrete, just as the two duelists crashed past me, bringing the rest of the escape with them. I have visions of the plant leaping upon passers-by and forcing them to eat its fruit. His heart leaped and he jumped out of his bed, ran across his room and slammed his door. A female guest was also seriously injured when she was forced to leap from a first floor widow to escape. As if he were a spring released, he leaped straight into the air. James sprang, uncoiling, leaping from his perch toward his best friend. Synonyms jump over, jump, vault over, vault, spring over, bound over, hurdle, skip, skip over, cross over, sail over, hop, hop over, leapfrog, high jump, clear, negotiate 1.1with object Jump across. 跳越，跳过 Peter leapt the last few stairs 彼得跳过最后几步台阶。 Example sentencesExamples If you don't have that momentum built up, sometimes you cannot leap the gap. Now, they're called super shoplifters, and while they can't leap a building in a single bound, they probably could steal most of what was in it. As if sensing death they fought hard not to be caught, one beast even leaping the thorny fence. You think Superman is the only one who can leap tall buildings? Bart is determined to leap a gorge on his skateboard after witnessing the death-defying stunts of a real daredevil. He leapt the fence, his toe claws pushing off from the top rail. OK, you don't get to leap tall buildings in a single bound. We heard raucous laughter and audible thuds as people leapt the fence into the yard. He then leapt a fence and galloped over the hill deep into the field. He said one of his heifers was so frightened by the choppers it leapt a five-foot wire fence and ran down a main road. The woman was sometimes caught or confronted on properties or in her victim's homes but always made a getaway, once through a hole in a hedge and on another occasion by leaping a fence. Synonyms jump over, jump, vault over, vault, spring over, bound over, hurdle, skip, skip over, cross over, sail over, hop, hop over, leapfrog, high jump, clear, negotiate 2no object, with adverbial Move quickly and suddenly. 飞快移动 Polly leapt to her feet 波利飞快跳起。 Example sentencesExamples The door swung open before he could reach it, and he was forced to leap back to avoid having his nose broken for the second time. Without a warning he springs into action, leaping towards a group of trees. He quickly leapt into his bedroom and curled up on the bed. The surprised lord quickly leapt forward to catch his wife before she hurt her herself. Quickly I leapt to my feet and grabbed her before she even thought of doing something stupid. Suddenly he looked at me, leapt forward and grabbed me by the shoulder. I didn't know what the feeling was, but suddenly he leapt forward and wrapped his arms around me, hugging me silently. He fell to the ground hard but leapt up as quickly as he could. She is constantly on the move, leaping up or squirming in her seat when she has a point to make, or a writer to quote. The Concorde leaped forward with the other MIGs quickly following. It suddenly leapt forward at full gallop as if it had been stung, leaving white, surfing churns and spirals of water in its wake. With that, he had leapt quickly forward and landed a quick punch to Cyrus's side that Cyrus couldn't quite follow. He moved on, leaping from shell-hole to shell-hole, using the muddy craters for cover from the flying shrapnel. His enemies were coming on quickly now, leaping from tree to tree with a speed Matthew had previously thought them incapable of. The figure suddenly leaped forward with determination and disappeared behind the shrubs. When certain all is well, he leaps quickly to his feet, but stumbles slightly, exhausted from the pain and effort of retaining dignity. I leapt to my feet, gathered my belongings and moved quickly towards the closing doors. Jack whirled on Juliet, who quickly leapt inside her dorm room. Some motorists have even forced pedestrians to leap for safety. Quickly, he leapt from bed and pushed a large bureau against the bathroom door. Synonyms spring, jump, jump up, bound, dart lunge 2.1 Make a sudden rush to do something; act eagerly and suddenly. 突然行动，急不可待地行动 everybody leapt into action 大家都迫不及待地行动起来。 Example sentencesExamples Instantly, the legionnaires in the room leapt to his defence, blades glittering in the light. But friends and colleagues leapt to his defence, insisting they had issued a public thank you for his rescue. All his cabinet colleagues have leapt to his defence over the problems he has recently faced. A gang which tried to mug a Selby woman in broad daylight was thwarted when her dog leapt to her defence. Although some bird-lovers have leapt to their defence, there is an undeniably anti-social element among the pigeon fraternity. Others, though, have leapt to his defence, claiming the gainsayers just don't get it. Sponsors were eagerly poised to leap forwards to support chess. He threatened a punch but didn't throw it as Fenway security quickly leapt in. It's that sad old bunch of ex-something-or-others who have leapt to her defence in recent days. Synonyms rush, hurry, hasten, hurtle arrive at hastily, reach hurriedly, come to overhastily, form hastily, hurry, hasten, jump, rush, reach 2.2leap at Accept (an opportunity) eagerly. 急切接受（机会） they leapt at the opportunity to combine fun with fund-raising 他们急切地接受那个将娱乐融入募捐的机会。 Example sentencesExamples Frankly, if I were Sir Alex, I'd be leaping at the chance to sell a creaking derelict to my fiercest rivals for nearly £7m. When asked by one of its key suppliers to develop their website, staff leapt at the chance. No doubt he also leapt at the reportedly very large but undisclosed sum of money. When industrial palynology was in its infancy he leaped at a chance for retraining as a palynologist at Amoco's Tulsa Research Center. When the university approached Uncle Sam about the idea of an alumni center, he leaped at the opportunity. The country leapt at the chance to buy into a pack of lies. Instead, as they were in the midst of an ad slump and eager to get their hands on big tranches of money, they leapt at the arrangement. She leaped at the opportunity and became one of only two women investment bankers on a staff of 150. Synonyms accept eagerly, grasp, grasp with both hands, grab, take advantage of, seize (on), snatch, jump at, pounce on 2.3 (of a price, amount, etc.) increase dramatically. （价格，数字）飞涨，急剧增长 sales leapt by a third last year 去年销售额急增三分之一。 Example sentencesExamples The number of fatal road accidents in North Yorkshire leapt dramatically last year, according to new figures. But motorists may wonder why the price of petrol leaps up so quickly when the crude oil it comes from was sold when the price was much lower. His earnings have leapt dramatically from £3m to £33.5m in the year to September 30. The money will help first-time buyers who have watched the asking prices of houses leap 14 per cent in the past 12 months. Gross profit margins leaped in the three months to 9.8 per cent from 2.9 per cent. The stock had leapt 20 per cent in the previous week based on rumours of a find. Beer prices may have leapt somewhat since the Velvet Revolution of 1989, but you're still going to get plenty of hangovers per pound. It expects sales to leap 175 per cent for 2004 compared with the year before. Market prices leap up every day as the uncertainty of the airport opening and supplies coming in increases. If problems hit, spot shortages could develop and prices could leap again. The figures for war-related deaths, and child deaths in particular, leapt dramatically in the 1980s. Fares on some routes would leap to their price ceiling, or 25 per cent above the reference price. High-end home prices have leapt 56 per cent in the past nine months. Wholesale gas prices leapt fivefold over the past few weeks and wholesale electricity prices have increased 150 per cent as a result. There is no shortage of examples of share prices leaping suspiciously before a bid. As one small example I note that wholesale gas prices leapt recently, which may well mean higher bills for us all in the summer. Petrol stations in some cities are rationing diesel, with prices leaping on the black market, according to official reports. It said sales leapt 30 per cent in the second quarter. Flat prices consolidated in the second quarter of this year after leaping 25 per cent in the first quarter. However, he added, sales leaped dramatically in December and also this past spring. Synonyms increase rapidly, soar, rocket, skyrocket, shoot up, escalate, mount, surge, spiral, grow rapidly, rise rapidly 2.4leap out (especially of writing) be conspicuous; stand out. （尤指文字）显眼，突现 amid the notes, a couple of items leap out 在笔记中有两三条特别显眼。 Example sentencesExamples There wasn't one that leapt out at me like with the A and B sets, and the CD didn't help too much. Synonyms be noticeable, be noticed, be visible, be seen, be obvious, be conspicuous, stick out, be striking, be distinctive, be prominent, attract attention, catch the eye, leap out, show up noun liːplip 1A forceful jump or quick movement. 跳，跳跃 she came downstairs in a series of flying leaps 她几大步飞跳下楼。 Example sentencesExamples He made a quick leap for the wall, falling short several feet before crawling forward on his hands and knees. With a quick leap, she landed on the stairs and ran up them hurriedly. In one quick, strong leap, her horse jumped, high, long & hard. With a quick wink and a leap, he flew over the river to my side. Once again, at the mention of said dizzy-eyed shooting guard, my heart made a dramatic leap, causing me to nearly fall out of my chair. But with war came a quick leap from the frying pan into the fire. When he changed the hanging method, they would take flying leaps from nearby trees and land on the feeder (most of the time). She took a flying leap from there outside and into the grass, which is where I grabbed her. The 23-year-old began her assault on the overnight leader with the best leap in the long jump, 6.61 metres. He took a running leap and jumped onto the cot, sending it crashing to the ground. In a quick leap, he had jumped from the veranda and had sped off into the field after me. It's all here - ridiculous sound effects, frankly unfeasible flying leaps, slow motion sequences. But secondly, this increasing resolution of the project is visible as a series of jumps or leaps. Increasing your vertical leap on the court extends way past the weight room. Making a mighty leap, he jumps up onto a light post, grasping it with one arm while he hurls the bronze rat into San Francisco Bay with the other, as far as he can heave it. He runs in the 4.4 range and has a 37-inch vertical leap. The leaps and jumps were high and spectacular to watch, yet the dancers made it appear effortless. His second medal came when he won bronze in the junior triple jump with a leap of 11.67m. I took a giant leap and managed to jump a little before Gary since he took two steps before leaving ground. He ran a brilliant 300 metres and was a well placed 4th in the long jump with a best leap of 3.36 metres. Synonyms jump, vault, spring, bound, hop, skip Ballet entrechat rare curvet 1.1 A dramatic increase in price, amount, etc. （价格，数量）猛涨；剧增 a leap of 75 per cent in two years 两年内75%的剧烈涨幅。 Example sentencesExamples That was a sharp leap from the 21 percent who didn't vote in 1995. These companies have been short-listed from 567 entries from around the North West, a leap of 81 per cent on last year. A leap in price, reflecting recent good news at the company, could occur if its offer is taken off the table. Subsequent annual and interim figures go a long way to explain the massive share price leap. Last year it was rated as the city with the biggest leap in house prices in the UK during the previous five years. This article on energy policy shows that fuel shortages and price leaps are almost entirely created by government meddling. It said a huge leap in coal prices and higher freight charges offset an increase in local power sales. No fewer than 196 national teams are competing for the right to play in Japan and Korea; a dramatic leap from the original 13. Tighter cost control and increased fees resulted in a 14.5 percent leap in profits to $1.46 billion. Sudden leaps in profits led to large tax liabilities, and Uncle Sam reared his ugly head. Manchester city centre had already bucked the national trend for a drop in sales in the run up to Christmas and has also shown a leap in the amount of cash hitting the tills. The leap in price was daunting, and we hemmed and hawed for a year before saying okay, let's buy. It credits wallboard pricing for the leap in revenue. But the most incredible leap in prices has to be that of prawns: the same restaurant offered prawns at 99c each! In 2000 it claimed a 53 percent leap in profits to $2.27 billion. Price rises were inevitable, given the leap in fuel costs, driver pay increases and higher insurance. 2003 was a fantastic season for you, making huge leaps in the rankings; can you pinpoint what caused this dramatic leap? This is a leap of 47 per cent in the region on the previous year - double the national increase of 23.5 per cent. When the whole chain works in sync, there can be a dramatic leap in the speed and efficiency of product development… This price leap was the result of huge public subsides, amounting to over £16 billion, and the fact that the network was flogged off at around a quarter of its real value. Synonyms sudden rise, rapid increase, escalation, soaring, surge, upsurge, upswing, upturn increment, elevation revival 1.2 A sudden abrupt change or transition. 突然改变，突然转换 it doesn't take a great leap of imagination to recognize that you have held an important leadership role Example sentencesExamples Grand schemes, wild ideas, crazy notions, and intuitive leaps of imagination are, of course, encouraged and fertilized. In other places, regional networks facilitate the leap into the future. Science has made monumental leaps forward in technology. It now requires a leap of the imagination to see any recovery across the Euro-zone as a whole this year. That's the leap of imagination that's necessary for faith - or even for a fully informed discussion of faith, even if one does not have faith oneself. Graduating to a locker may have represented an evolutionary leap, but I've never gotten over missing the cloakroom. It's a big leap for South African soccer, especially with teams that are struggling for sponsorship. Small papers across the country are teeming with ambitious young reporters hoping one day to make the leap to major dailies. Who else in the online fanfic-writing community has taken such a bold leap of imagination while remaining completely true to the spirit of the film series? More mainstream retailers found the checkout system difficult to replicate and, Miles said, worried that most shoppers were not ready for such a leap. It necessitates a little leap of the imagination to find the sensitive soul buried within this solid, expensively suited figure. We passed whole aeons of evolutionary progress in great leaps, seemingly overnight. There is some hyperbole in this, but the leap of imagination was certainly enormous. Then the administration cancelled an agreement requiring automobile companies to make the leap to more fuel-efficient vehicles. I have a mind regularly praised by colleagues for its bold leaps of the imagination. By the end of last summer, I was doing so well I decided to make the leap and sell designer clothes full time. It wasn't such a leap from Super Ball to Super Bowl. It doesn't require a great leap of imagination to detect what Barbra Streisand, Janis Joplin, Carly Simon and his second wife, Rita Coolidge, saw in him. They want to see things happen and change, but not in terms of great leaps forward. The advent of mobile phones was heralded as a big leap in communication technology. Synonyms change, move, passage, transformation, conversion, adaptation, adjustment, alteration, changeover, metamorphosis 1.3in place names A thing to be leaped over or from. 用于地名越过（或起跳）处 Lover's Leap 情人跳（失恋者自杀的空处）。 Example sentencesExamples If you've been to Lover's Leap, you'll understand what I'm talking about. 2rare A group of leopards. we stopped to photograph a leap of leopards Example sentencesExamples The location is a favourite afternoon hangout of a leap of leopards. The department received numerous complaints over several weeks of a leap of leopards prowling the area. A leap of leopards strayed into a mango orchard, creating panic among the caretakers present at the farm. Bandhavgarh National Park boasts one of the highest densities of Bengal tiger in the world, along with a breeding leap of leopards. We saw herds of elephants, impala, water buffalo, antelope, and a leap of leopards. Phrases a leap in the dark A daring step or enterprise whose consequences are unpredictable. 冒险行动，后果难以逆料之举 I had taken quite a step—a leap in the dark, in fact Example sentencesExamples All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without the benefit of experience. The proposed re-denomination looks like a leap in the dark, and an exercise in futility that the nation can ill afford now. But the plan does seem like a leap in the dark - radical measures taken because they might work, not because there is solid reason to believe that they will work. But it's not merely a leap in the dark. by (or in) leaps and bounds With startlingly rapid progress. 突飞猛进地 productivity improved in leaps and bounds 生产率突飞猛进地提高。 Example sentencesExamples Yellowstone Regional Airport continues to grow in leaps and bounds. ‘They focus on the limited - service, midscale segment, which is a great value proposition and is growing by leaps and bounds,’ he says. Air travel is growing in leaps and bounds, and airlines and nations are investing in new aircraft to accommodate that growth. The trade in human kidneys has grown by leaps and bounds among the poor. The use of electronic earmuffs has grown by leaps and bounds over the last few years. His career has already progressed in leaps and bounds and, after just four seasons of first-class cricket, he has gathered 138 wickets in 32 matches at an inexpensive 19.48 runs apiece. Synonyms rapidly, swiftly, quickly, speedily, at an amazing rate, exponentially leap to the eye (especially of writing) be immediately apparent. （尤指文字）显眼 the word immediately leapt to the eye Example sentencesExamples They did not leap to the eye and arrest the pedestrian's progress. The first thing that leaps to the eye from the Convention is the historical moment in which it was signed. The first thing that leaps to the eye is word selection which, in places, is very far from the academic standards. When the hunt is up and the quarry is in sight, the most unsuspected evidence leaps to the eye. This context of no context makes anything leap to the eye, as if its identity shines out of it. Even if one were to desist from reading too deeply between the frames, one conclusion leaps to the eye. The line of Joseph's paper, which is written in French, leaps to the eye of any French illiterate instantly. This construction is a bold undertaking; its necessity leaps to the eye as soon as you look at a European road map. As I worked through the spreadsheet, I realized that many problems that were nearly invisible in verbal formulations leapt to the eye when I had to work the numbers. This makes the details leap to the eye and I'm looking forward to getting the base colors on. Derivatives leaper noun They are good leapers and tree climbers. Example sentencesExamples A sap-sucking bug that coats plants with wads of foamy spit has been crowned the insect world's greatest leaper. Origin Old English hlēapan (verb), hlȳp (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lopen, German laufen (verb), and Dutch loop, German Lauf (noun), all meaning 'run', also to lope. Rhymes asleep, beep, bleep, cheap, cheep, creep, deep, heap, Jeep, keep, neap, neep, peep, reap, seep, sheep, skin-deep, sleep, steep, Streep, sweep, veep, weep verb.1 phr. Definition of leap in US English: leap verblēplip [no object] 1Jump or spring a long way, to a great height, or with great force. 跳，跳跃 I leaped across the threshold figurative Fabia's heart leapt excitedly 〈喻〉费比亚的心激动地狂跳。 Example sentencesExamples Vicky's heart leaped nearly a mile, but she forced herself to remain cool. I nodded, my heart leaping like an excited fish out of the water. He scanned the crowd and his heart leapt excitedly when he spotted her. As if he were a spring released, he leaped straight into the air. When the 27-year-old was forced to leap for his life, he bounced 50 yards down the road with other cars swerving to avoid him. I have visions of the plant leaping upon passers-by and forcing them to eat its fruit. He must leap over branches the height of his head, and stoop under branches as low as his knee, without slowing or leaving a shaking branch behind. Dancers leap, spring, then are lofted through the air. His solution has been to drop to all fours and force rushers to leap or trip over him. Icelanders are brought up to leap across waterfalls, spring through rivers, run down mountains, run up mountains. The next thing I knew, a sopping-wet golden retriever was leaping and bounding beside me as I gasped and my heart pounded into my throat. He jumped at the sound, his heart leaping into his throat until he realized that the scratchy call was coming from the tiny communicator attached to his vest. His heart leaped and he jumped out of his bed, ran across his room and slammed his door. Leg and arm raised, he is shown at the apex of his celebration, seconds before his caddie leapt excitedly into his arms. Rushing for the ground I was forced to leap from the first floor to the concrete, just as the two duelists crashed past me, bringing the rest of the escape with them. On the night Joe died, they found the ladders partly pulled down, despite them normally being pushed up at a height only accessible by leaping up a nearby wall. So by rights we should be in the midst of spring, with lambs leaping, the smell of dew hanging in the air and the sight of rowers happily plodding home from the Cherwell. James sprang, uncoiling, leaping from his perch toward his best friend. Still, my heart leapt as memories of my father and my childhood came flooding back. A female guest was also seriously injured when she was forced to leap from a first floor widow to escape. Synonyms jump over, jump, vault over, vault, spring over, bound over, hurdle, skip, skip over, cross over, sail over, hop, hop over, leapfrog, high jump, clear, negotiate 1.1 Move quickly and suddenly. 飞快移动 Polly leapt to her feet 波利飞快跳起。 Example sentencesExamples He quickly leapt into his bedroom and curled up on the bed. Without a warning he springs into action, leaping towards a group of trees. The surprised lord quickly leapt forward to catch his wife before she hurt her herself. Quickly, he leapt from bed and pushed a large bureau against the bathroom door. His enemies were coming on quickly now, leaping from tree to tree with a speed Matthew had previously thought them incapable of. Suddenly he looked at me, leapt forward and grabbed me by the shoulder. She is constantly on the move, leaping up or squirming in her seat when she has a point to make, or a writer to quote. He fell to the ground hard but leapt up as quickly as he could. He moved on, leaping from shell-hole to shell-hole, using the muddy craters for cover from the flying shrapnel. The door swung open before he could reach it, and he was forced to leap back to avoid having his nose broken for the second time. Jack whirled on Juliet, who quickly leapt inside her dorm room. It suddenly leapt forward at full gallop as if it had been stung, leaving white, surfing churns and spirals of water in its wake. The figure suddenly leaped forward with determination and disappeared behind the shrubs. With that, he had leapt quickly forward and landed a quick punch to Cyrus's side that Cyrus couldn't quite follow. When certain all is well, he leaps quickly to his feet, but stumbles slightly, exhausted from the pain and effort of retaining dignity. The Concorde leaped forward with the other MIGs quickly following. I leapt to my feet, gathered my belongings and moved quickly towards the closing doors. Some motorists have even forced pedestrians to leap for safety. Quickly I leapt to my feet and grabbed her before she even thought of doing something stupid. I didn't know what the feeling was, but suddenly he leapt forward and wrapped his arms around me, hugging me silently. Synonyms spring, jump, jump up, bound, dart 1.2with object Jump across or over. 跳越，跳过 a coyote leaped the fence Example sentencesExamples The woman was sometimes caught or confronted on properties or in her victim's homes but always made a getaway, once through a hole in a hedge and on another occasion by leaping a fence. Now, they're called super shoplifters, and while they can't leap a building in a single bound, they probably could steal most of what was in it. OK, you don't get to leap tall buildings in a single bound. We heard raucous laughter and audible thuds as people leapt the fence into the yard. You think Superman is the only one who can leap tall buildings? Bart is determined to leap a gorge on his skateboard after witnessing the death-defying stunts of a real daredevil. He leapt the fence, his toe claws pushing off from the top rail. He said one of his heifers was so frightened by the choppers it leapt a five-foot wire fence and ran down a main road. He then leapt a fence and galloped over the hill deep into the field. As if sensing death they fought hard not to be caught, one beast even leaping the thorny fence. If you don't have that momentum built up, sometimes you cannot leap the gap. Synonyms jump over, jump, vault over, vault, spring over, bound over, hurdle, skip, skip over, cross over, sail over, hop, hop over, leapfrog, high jump, clear, negotiate 1.3 Make a sudden rush to do something; act eagerly and suddenly. 突然行动，急不可待地行动 it was time for me to leap into action Example sentencesExamples A gang which tried to mug a Selby woman in broad daylight was thwarted when her dog leapt to her defence. But friends and colleagues leapt to his defence, insisting they had issued a public thank you for his rescue. He threatened a punch but didn't throw it as Fenway security quickly leapt in. Although some bird-lovers have leapt to their defence, there is an undeniably anti-social element among the pigeon fraternity. All his cabinet colleagues have leapt to his defence over the problems he has recently faced. It's that sad old bunch of ex-something-or-others who have leapt to her defence in recent days. Instantly, the legionnaires in the room leapt to his defence, blades glittering in the light. Sponsors were eagerly poised to leap forwards to support chess. Others, though, have leapt to his defence, claiming the gainsayers just don't get it. Synonyms rush, hurry, hasten, hurtle arrive at hastily, reach hurriedly, come to overhastily, form hastily, hurry, hasten, jump, rush, reach 1.4leap at Accept (an opportunity) eagerly. 急切接受（机会） they leapt at the opportunity to combine fun with fund-raising 他们急切地接受那个将娱乐融入募捐的机会。 Example sentencesExamples Frankly, if I were Sir Alex, I'd be leaping at the chance to sell a creaking derelict to my fiercest rivals for nearly £7m. The country leapt at the chance to buy into a pack of lies. When industrial palynology was in its infancy he leaped at a chance for retraining as a palynologist at Amoco's Tulsa Research Center. She leaped at the opportunity and became one of only two women investment bankers on a staff of 150. Instead, as they were in the midst of an ad slump and eager to get their hands on big tranches of money, they leapt at the arrangement. When asked by one of its key suppliers to develop their website, staff leapt at the chance. No doubt he also leapt at the reportedly very large but undisclosed sum of money. When the university approached Uncle Sam about the idea of an alumni center, he leaped at the opportunity. Synonyms accept eagerly, grasp, grasp with both hands, grab, take advantage of, seize, seize on, snatch, jump at, pounce on 1.5 (of a price or figure) increase dramatically. （价格，数字）飞涨，急剧增长 sales leaped 40 percent during the Christmas season Example sentencesExamples But motorists may wonder why the price of petrol leaps up so quickly when the crude oil it comes from was sold when the price was much lower. It said sales leapt 30 per cent in the second quarter. As one small example I note that wholesale gas prices leapt recently, which may well mean higher bills for us all in the summer. Market prices leap up every day as the uncertainty of the airport opening and supplies coming in increases. The money will help first-time buyers who have watched the asking prices of houses leap 14 per cent in the past 12 months. It expects sales to leap 175 per cent for 2004 compared with the year before. His earnings have leapt dramatically from £3m to £33.5m in the year to September 30. Beer prices may have leapt somewhat since the Velvet Revolution of 1989, but you're still going to get plenty of hangovers per pound. There is no shortage of examples of share prices leaping suspiciously before a bid. Gross profit margins leaped in the three months to 9.8 per cent from 2.9 per cent. The stock had leapt 20 per cent in the previous week based on rumours of a find. Fares on some routes would leap to their price ceiling, or 25 per cent above the reference price. If problems hit, spot shortages could develop and prices could leap again. Wholesale gas prices leapt fivefold over the past few weeks and wholesale electricity prices have increased 150 per cent as a result. However, he added, sales leaped dramatically in December and also this past spring. High-end home prices have leapt 56 per cent in the past nine months. Petrol stations in some cities are rationing diesel, with prices leaping on the black market, according to official reports. The figures for war-related deaths, and child deaths in particular, leapt dramatically in the 1980s. Flat prices consolidated in the second quarter of this year after leaping 25 per cent in the first quarter. The number of fatal road accidents in North Yorkshire leapt dramatically last year, according to new figures. Synonyms increase rapidly, soar, rocket, skyrocket, shoot up, escalate, mount, surge, spiral, grow rapidly, rise rapidly 1.6leap out (especially of writing) be conspicuous; stand out. （尤指文字）显眼，突现 amid the notes, a couple of items leap out 在笔记中有两三条特别显眼。 Example sentencesExamples There wasn't one that leapt out at me like with the A and B sets, and the CD didn't help too much. Synonyms be noticeable, be noticed, be visible, be seen, be obvious, be conspicuous, stick out, be striking, be distinctive, be prominent, attract attention, catch the eye, leap out, show up nounlēplip 1A forceful jump or quick movement. 跳，跳跃 she came downstairs in a series of flying leaps 她几大步飞跳下楼。 Example sentencesExamples The 23-year-old began her assault on the overnight leader with the best leap in the long jump, 6.61 metres. I took a giant leap and managed to jump a little before Gary since he took two steps before leaving ground. The leaps and jumps were high and spectacular to watch, yet the dancers made it appear effortless. He made a quick leap for the wall, falling short several feet before crawling forward on his hands and knees. His second medal came when he won bronze in the junior triple jump with a leap of 11.67m. He runs in the 4.4 range and has a 37-inch vertical leap. Making a mighty leap, he jumps up onto a light post, grasping it with one arm while he hurls the bronze rat into San Francisco Bay with the other, as far as he can heave it. He ran a brilliant 300 metres and was a well placed 4th in the long jump with a best leap of 3.36 metres. With a quick leap, she landed on the stairs and ran up them hurriedly. It's all here - ridiculous sound effects, frankly unfeasible flying leaps, slow motion sequences. In one quick, strong leap, her horse jumped, high, long & hard. Increasing your vertical leap on the court extends way past the weight room. Once again, at the mention of said dizzy-eyed shooting guard, my heart made a dramatic leap, causing me to nearly fall out of my chair. But with war came a quick leap from the frying pan into the fire. When he changed the hanging method, they would take flying leaps from nearby trees and land on the feeder (most of the time). She took a flying leap from there outside and into the grass, which is where I grabbed her. In a quick leap, he had jumped from the veranda and had sped off into the field after me. He took a running leap and jumped onto the cot, sending it crashing to the ground. But secondly, this increasing resolution of the project is visible as a series of jumps or leaps. With a quick wink and a leap, he flew over the river to my side. Synonyms jump, vault, spring, bound, hop, skip 1.1 A dramatic increase in price, amount, etc. （价格，数量）猛涨；剧增 a leap of 75 percent in two years 两年内75%的剧烈涨幅。 Example sentencesExamples In 2000 it claimed a 53 percent leap in profits to $2.27 billion. No fewer than 196 national teams are competing for the right to play in Japan and Korea; a dramatic leap from the original 13. It said a huge leap in coal prices and higher freight charges offset an increase in local power sales. This is a leap of 47 per cent in the region on the previous year - double the national increase of 23.5 per cent. Subsequent annual and interim figures go a long way to explain the massive share price leap. These companies have been short-listed from 567 entries from around the North West, a leap of 81 per cent on last year. Sudden leaps in profits led to large tax liabilities, and Uncle Sam reared his ugly head. That was a sharp leap from the 21 percent who didn't vote in 1995. Last year it was rated as the city with the biggest leap in house prices in the UK during the previous five years. The leap in price was daunting, and we hemmed and hawed for a year before saying okay, let's buy. This price leap was the result of huge public subsides, amounting to over £16 billion, and the fact that the network was flogged off at around a quarter of its real value. 2003 was a fantastic season for you, making huge leaps in the rankings; can you pinpoint what caused this dramatic leap? Tighter cost control and increased fees resulted in a 14.5 percent leap in profits to $1.46 billion. Manchester city centre had already bucked the national trend for a drop in sales in the run up to Christmas and has also shown a leap in the amount of cash hitting the tills. When the whole chain works in sync, there can be a dramatic leap in the speed and efficiency of product development… Price rises were inevitable, given the leap in fuel costs, driver pay increases and higher insurance. But the most incredible leap in prices has to be that of prawns: the same restaurant offered prawns at 99c each! A leap in price, reflecting recent good news at the company, could occur if its offer is taken off the table. This article on energy policy shows that fuel shortages and price leaps are almost entirely created by government meddling. It credits wallboard pricing for the leap in revenue. Synonyms sudden rise, rapid increase, escalation, soaring, surge, upsurge, upswing, upturn 1.2 A sudden, abrupt change or transition. 突然改变，突然转换 it doesn't take a great leap of imagination to recognize that you have held an important leadership role Example sentencesExamples The advent of mobile phones was heralded as a big leap in communication technology. Science has made monumental leaps forward in technology. Graduating to a locker may have represented an evolutionary leap, but I've never gotten over missing the cloakroom. Then the administration cancelled an agreement requiring automobile companies to make the leap to more fuel-efficient vehicles. That's the leap of imagination that's necessary for faith - or even for a fully informed discussion of faith, even if one does not have faith oneself. It now requires a leap of the imagination to see any recovery across the Euro-zone as a whole this year. More mainstream retailers found the checkout system difficult to replicate and, Miles said, worried that most shoppers were not ready for such a leap. It's a big leap for South African soccer, especially with teams that are struggling for sponsorship. Who else in the online fanfic-writing community has taken such a bold leap of imagination while remaining completely true to the spirit of the film series? Grand schemes, wild ideas, crazy notions, and intuitive leaps of imagination are, of course, encouraged and fertilized. In other places, regional networks facilitate the leap into the future. We passed whole aeons of evolutionary progress in great leaps, seemingly overnight. By the end of last summer, I was doing so well I decided to make the leap and sell designer clothes full time. They want to see things happen and change, but not in terms of great leaps forward. I have a mind regularly praised by colleagues for its bold leaps of the imagination. Small papers across the country are teeming with ambitious young reporters hoping one day to make the leap to major dailies. It doesn't require a great leap of imagination to detect what Barbra Streisand, Janis Joplin, Carly Simon and his second wife, Rita Coolidge, saw in him. There is some hyperbole in this, but the leap of imagination was certainly enormous. It necessitates a little leap of the imagination to find the sensitive soul buried within this solid, expensively suited figure. It wasn't such a leap from Super Ball to Super Bowl. Synonyms change, move, passage, transformation, conversion, adaptation, adjustment, alteration, changeover, metamorphosis 1.3 (in place names) a thing to be leaped over or from. 用于地名越过（或起跳）处 Lover's Leap 情人跳（失恋者自杀的空处）。 Example sentencesExamples If you've been to Lover's Leap, you'll understand what I'm talking about. Phrases a leap in the dark A daring step or enterprise whose consequences are unpredictable. 冒险行动，后果难以逆料之举 Example sentencesExamples All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without the benefit of experience. The proposed re-denomination looks like a leap in the dark, and an exercise in futility that the nation can ill afford now. But the plan does seem like a leap in the dark - radical measures taken because they might work, not because there is solid reason to believe that they will work. But it's not merely a leap in the dark. by (or in) leaps and bounds With startlingly rapid progress. 突飞猛进地 productivity improved in leaps and bounds 生产率突飞猛进地提高。 Example sentencesExamples The trade in human kidneys has grown by leaps and bounds among the poor. His career has already progressed in leaps and bounds and, after just four seasons of first-class cricket, he has gathered 138 wickets in 32 matches at an inexpensive 19.48 runs apiece. ‘They focus on the limited - service, midscale segment, which is a great value proposition and is growing by leaps and bounds,’ he says. Yellowstone Regional Airport continues to grow in leaps and bounds. The use of electronic earmuffs has grown by leaps and bounds over the last few years. Air travel is growing in leaps and bounds, and airlines and nations are investing in new aircraft to accommodate that growth. Synonyms rapidly, swiftly, quickly, speedily, at an amazing rate, exponentially leap to the eye Be immediately apparent. one dire question leaped to our minds Example sentencesExamples As I worked through the spreadsheet, I realized that many problems that were nearly invisible in verbal formulations leapt to the eye when I had to work the numbers. When the hunt is up and the quarry is in sight, the most unsuspected evidence leaps to the eye. This makes the details leap to the eye and I'm looking forward to getting the base colors on. The first thing that leaps to the eye from the Convention is the historical moment in which it was signed. This construction is a bold undertaking; its necessity leaps to the eye as soon as you look at a European road map. The line of Joseph's paper, which is written in French, leaps to the eye of any French illiterate instantly. This context of no context makes anything leap to the eye, as if its identity shines out of it. Even if one were to desist from reading too deeply between the frames, one conclusion leaps to the eye. They did not leap to the eye and arrest the pedestrian's progress. The first thing that leaps to the eye is word selection which, in places, is very far from the academic standards. Origin Old English hlēapan (verb), hlȳp (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lopen, German laufen (verb), and Dutch loop, German Lauf (noun), all meaning ‘run’, also to lope. verb.1 phr.
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